Combined faucet and container



Feb. 27, 1923. 1,446,817

H. WOFFORD v COMBINED FAUCET AND CONTAINER Original Filed Mar. 28, 1921 armen tow .Hzmy WWO HZ 1. mam

permit the removal of, all of the contents Without-t unnecessary manipulation. When it is desired to open the receptacle, the threaded extension 7 of the faucet is attached to the thread of the sput, and the faucet is rotated to move the; cutter 8 through the passageway of the sput until thevcnttinga.edgeengagesthe wall of the container. Then further rotation. of the faucet will cause the. cutting edge to;make a circula-uincision in the wall of the receptaeleand finally out aidisk it. from said wall which will fall into the receptacle. It

'nation of Figural in which-the faucet extension a-is shown engaging two of :the threads .of the sputand-the cutter still spaced: from the wall of the container.

Nth the; parts in. position-as shown in Figure. it: continued rotation ofthe faucet will cause the cutter to slowly penetrate the receptacle and due to the 'fact that; the length ofthe cutter exceeds the distance covered :by the number of threads engaged infer-completerevolution of the faucet, such cutter willinalre more than a complete turn through thewall of the can, thereby insuring the formation of a circular passage through the wall corresponding to the opening in the faucet, by the removal of the disc 1' shown in FigureQ.

It is: well known that heretofore numerous efiorts have been made to accomplish the results secured by the construction and arrangement above outlined but: in no instance has success been attained.

By the: construction above outlined the engagement of the-threads of the faucet with the threads within the passage formed in the' sput cause a' forward movement of the cutteravhich is in connection with the cutter construction the means whereby a predetermined and regular opening is formed'in direct communication with tl e passageof the faucet. As the thread of the extension 7 merges into the rear end of the cutting edge of'the cutter 8, it'will be seen that the thread of said extension is automatically guided into the hole formed by the cutter, and the edge ofsaid'ho-le then functions as a thread, to grip the thread of the extension 7. The engagement of the wall of the container by the threads on the faucet extension also insures a complete and permanent binding between the sput and the container as long as the faucet is .in; position and any lateral movement of the faucet will not cause the accident-alremoval of the sput. This is a very. important feature of the-invention, and is onlypossible through the particulararrangement of the cutter.

What I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:.

1. The combinationvwith acontainer having a threaded sput permanently fixed there: to, of a faucet having. a threadedextension designedto engage the threads of saidsput for moving th faucet towardand securing. the faucet to said container said sput being permanently held inplace indepfendentlyof said faucet, and a cutter. mountedon, the. forward end of-said extension and adapted to cut. a holein said container as, sai'dgextension is moved toward the container, said cutter being provided with a/helicallyere ranged cutting edge, extendingin the, samej signed to engage the threadsof the sput for moving said extension toward the container:

when the faucet is turned 'relatively. to said contalner, and a cutterintegral with the-end of said extension andfforming a cont1niationtof the threads of-said extension, said 'cutterbeing adapted when the extension; is

moved into said; sput to, form a circular aperture in a wall of said containerto permit the thread of saidextension; toenrgt e said wall, and said sput being held in en ga'gzjement with said container independently of said faucet. r 4

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses; HENR-YIVOFFQRD Witnesses: o o j H. NICHOLS,

C. E. DAW'SON. 

